Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
14. The Termination of Prophethood
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divine proclamation. Certain conditions had to be
fulfilled before this could happen. Firstly, God’s
commandments relating to every walk of human
life had to be revealed. This was duly accomplished
as the Qur’an itself states: “It is He who has
revealed the Qur’an for you fully explained.”
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Secondly, a perfect pattern had to be presented
before mankind. The Prophet Muhammad provided
mankind with just such a “good example,”
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and this
condition was fulfilled. Thirdly, there had to be
arrangement for the permanent preservation of the
Qur’an. This task Almighty God took upon Himself:
“It was We who revealed Qur’an, and We will
certainly preserve it.”
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God’s way with previous prophets had been to send
them with certain signs and miracles. The prophets,
for their part, left no stone unturned in discharging
their duty to communicate the word of God to their
peoples. In the process they proved that they had
been sent by God by performing wondrous acts. If,
in spite of all this, people did not believe, then there
was no more that the prophets could do. It was now
time for God’s angels to take action, bringing down
punishment on the disbelievers.
